JPH11284357A - Electronic apparatus casing - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain an electronic apparatus casing which allows a door to be less prone to deformation around a hardware disposed on the side of the door, even when the door is thin. SOLUTION: An electronic apparatus casing is provided with a cabinet body having an opening, a door 40 which opens and closes the opening of the cabinet body and has a panel body 47 and a reinforcing structure 42 being bent and disposed on an edge of the panel body 47, and a pivot hardware is placed so as to allow the door 40 to open and close. And the pivot hardware is provided with a body side hardware which is disposed on the cabinet body, a door side hardware 45 which is disposed on the door 40 and supports the door 40 together with the body side hardware, and a pivot pin which extends between the body side hardware and the door side hardware 45 and supports these members such that the members can pivot each other. The door side hardware 45 is fixed to the panel body 47 and the reinforcing structure 42 with an adhesive, and the reinforcing structure 42 is fixed to the door side hard ware 45 by a connecting means which includes an adhesive in combination with a rivet 59.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic device housing such as a control panel or a switchboard for accommodating and mounting an electronic device unit in which an electronic device is mounted.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIGS. 9 to 13 show an electronic apparatus housing (Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 9-167893) filed by the present applicant.
9 is a perspective view showing a control panel housing which is an electronic apparatus housing, and FIGS. 8 to 13 are views showing details of a pivot fitting of the control panel housing.

[0003] As a whole, a rectangular parallelepiped housing is formed by assembling a substantially rectangular panel manufactured by bending a metal plate into a sheet metal, and a pedestal 1 formed of an angle material or the like, and Bottom plate 2 which is a supported rectangular bottom plate panel
A side plate 3 which is two parallel side plate panels extending upward from the bottom plate 2, a top plate 4, a rear door 5 which is a rear door panel connected to the bottom plate 2 and the side plate 3, and a front opening 6 which is opened and closed. A door 7 which is a door panel which is closed as much as possible. Inside the housing, a fixing bracket 8 having a substantially C-shaped cross section, generally called a pre-chan, is mounted on the inner surface of the side plate 3 in the horizontal direction by rivet combined adhesive bonding. Also, the fixing bracket 8
Is mounted with a unit mounting bracket 9 in the vertical direction by a mounting screw (not shown). An electronic device unit 10 on which various electronic devices such as a circuit board are mounted is inserted into the unit mounting bracket 9 from the front opening 6 of the housing and screwed with screws 11. The door 7 is a hinge 12 which is a hinge.
, So that the front opening 6 can be freely opened and closed.

[0004] The control panel housing has a front opening 6 of a housing main body composed of a bottom plate 2, a side plate 3, a rear door 5 and a top plate 4.
A pivot fitting 12 is provided at an edge of the side plate 3 of the housing body on the side of the front opening 6 so as to be able to be opened and closed by a front door 7. The door 7 on the entire surface is pivotally connected to the housing body by the pivot fitting 12.

In such a cabinet for a control panel, each panel can be constituted by a single flat plate member.
For adhesive bonding and rigidity to be described later, it is desirable that the sheet metal bend at least at one side and be reinforced.

The bottom plate 2, side plate 3, top plate 4, back door 5 and door 7 of the control panel housing are panels each having a reinforcing structure on at least one side thereof. The side plate 3 forming the front opening 6 of the housing main body of the control panel housing has the structure shown in FIGS.
As shown in FIG. 1, a reinforcing structure 13 is provided along the side of the panel body by bending a metal plate by bending sheet metal processing to increase the rigidity of the side plate 3. Reinforcement structure 1
Reference numeral 3 denotes a rising portion 14 bent at a right angle along the side of the panel body, and an inward bending portion 15 bent inward from the rising portion 14 in parallel along the panel body.
And

The door 7 for closing the front opening 6 of the casing body of the control panel casing is provided along the side of the panel body by bending sheet metal processing as shown in FIGS. A reinforcement structure 16 is provided to increase the rigidity provided. The reinforcing structure 16 includes a rising portion 17 bent at a right angle along a side of the panel body, and the rising portion 1.
7 and an inward bent portion 18 bent inward along the panel body in parallel.

According to this example, the main body side metal fitting 19 is fixed to the inwardly bent portion 15 of the reinforcing structure 13 of the side plate 3 of the housing main body by adhesive bonding which will be described in detail later. Door 7
A door-side fitting 20 is fixed to the inside of the reinforcing structure 16 by adhesive bonding. Body side bracket 19 and door side bracket 20
, A pivot pin 21 penetrates.

The pivot fitting 12 includes a body-side fitting 19 provided on the side plate 3 of the housing body, a door-side fitting 20 provided on the door 7 and supporting the door 7 in cooperation with the body-side fitting 19. Extending between the main body side fitting 19 and the door side fitting 20,
Pivot pin 21 for pivotally supporting 9 and 20 with each other
And

The main body-side metal fitting 19 of the pivot metal fitting 12 includes a tubular member 23 having a through hole 22 and a relatively thick plate member 24 fixed to a side surface of the tubular member 23 at an end face by welding or the like. The substantially L-shaped plate member 24 includes a first leg 25 and a second leg 26. The second leg 26 of the plate member 24 has a rivet which is a fastener such as a monobolt (a rivet which can be swaged only from one side of the member to be fastened) on the inwardly bent portion 15 of the side plate 3. A hole 28 for passing the hole 27 is formed. Further, in the main body side bracket 19, an adhesive 29 is applied to the surface of the second leg 26 facing the inward bent portion 15 of the reinforcing structure 13,
The second leg 26 is adhered to the inwardly bent portion 15 via the adhesive 29 and is firmly fixed by the rivet 27.

The door-side fitting 20 of the pivot fitting 12 is a substantially rectangular block-shaped member having a through hole 30 in the longitudinal direction as shown in FIG. A rivet hole 31 is formed in the door-side bracket 20 and extends at a right angle so as not to cross the through hole 30. The rivet hole 31 is a stepped through hole so that a rivet which can be swaged from only one side of a member to be fastened such as a monobolt can be used.
When the door 7 is assembled to the housing body inside the reinforcing structure 16, the door side fitting 20 is
It is fixed at the height to ride on. The door-side metal fitting 20 is also bonded to the rising portion 17 of the reinforcing structure 16 of the door 7 on one plane by an adhesive 32 and a rivet 33 as a fastener, similarly to the main body-side metal fitting 19.

In the example shown in the figure, the door-side fitting 20 is provided with the reinforcing structure 1.
A corner portion corresponding to the bent portion of FIG. 6 is chamfered so as to absorb the rounded portion of the bent portion and allow the excess adhesive 32 to escape.

The pivot pin 21 of the pivot fitting 12 is inserted into the through-hole 30 of the door-side fitting 20 and the through-hole 22 of the main body-side fitting 19 aligned with each other to pivotally attach the fittings 20 and 19 to each other. A pin that allows the door 7 to rotate with respect to the housing body to open and close the front opening 6 of the control panel housing.

In the control panel casing of this example, first, the panels are assembled by adhesive bonding to produce a casing main body and a door, and the rivet is formed on the inwardly bent portion 15 of the side plate 3 of the casing main body. Drill a hole. Thereafter, an adhesive 29 is applied to the joint surface of the second leg 26 of the main body side fitting 19 to adhere the plate member 24 to a predetermined position of the inward bent portion 15 of the side plate 3, and furthermore, a mechanical fastener is used. The main body-side fitting 19 and the inward bent portion 15 are fastened by a certain rivet 27. In this manner, the main body side metal fitting 19 is fixed to the housing main body by the joining means including the adhesive 29.

The rivet 27 used in this example is of a type such as a monobolt, which can be swaged only from one side of the member to be fastened and held together, and has an enlarged tip and a cut in the middle. A rivet body having a hollow head portion is fitted to the mandrel. The rivet body is inserted into a rivet hole by being attached to a rivet gun, and the mandrel is pulled and fastened with a strong force. When the mandrel is pulled by the rivet gun, the tip of the rivet body is plastically deformed and expanded by the enlarged tip of the mandrel, and the member to be fastened is firmly fastened between the rivet head and the extension. Pulling the mandrel further breaks the mandrel at the cut,
Removed from the rivet body. Since the fastening by the rivet 27 is used together with the adhesive 29, there is no need to hold the adhesive 29 with a clamp or the like until the adhesive 29 is hardened.
The next operation can be performed without waiting for the curing of No. 9.

Similarly, a hole for a rivet is formed at a predetermined position of the rising portion 17 of the door 7, an adhesive 32 is applied to a joint surface, and the rivet of the door-side metal 20 is inserted into the rivet hole. The holes 31 are aligned and bonded to a predetermined position on the inner surface of the rising portion 17 of the reinforcing structure 16 having a U-shaped cross section of the door 7. Next, a rivet 33 such as a monobolt is inserted into the rivet hole using a tool, caulked by plastic deformation, and the door side fitting 20 and the rising portion 17 of the reinforcing structure 16 are fastened and mechanically held together.

As described above, the main body-side metal part 19 and the door-side metal part 20 are connected to the side plate 3 and the door of the housing main body by the joining means including the adhesives 29 and 32 and the mechanical holding members such as the rivets 27 and 33. 7, the through hole 22 of the main body side fitting 19 and the through hole 30 of the door side fitting 20.
Are aligned, and the brackets are pivotally attached to each other by inserting the pivot pins 21 so that the door 7 can be attached to the housing body so as to be openable and closable.

[0018]

In the control panel housing having the above-mentioned structure, the door-side bracket 20 is provided with the adhesive 32 and the rivets 33.
As a result, the door-side bracket 20 is firmly fixed to the door 7, and it is not necessary to hold the adhesive 32 with a clamp or the like until the adhesive 32 is hardened. Although there is an advantage that the process can be shifted to the next operation without waiting for the curing of the agent 32, there are the following problems. That is, the thickness of the door 7 tends to be reduced for the purpose of reducing manufacturing costs. Therefore, the total load of the door 7 is
Is received by the door-side fitting 20 fixed to the rising portion 17 of the reinforcing structure 16 of the above, but when the thickness of the door 7 is thin, the door 7 around the door-side fitting 20 that supports the door 7 in a so-called cantilever manner is It is deformed, and the door 7 does not open and close smoothly.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve such a problem, and to provide an electronic apparatus housing in which a door around a door-side bracket is hardly deformed even when a door plate is thin. The purpose is to:

[0020]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic apparatus housing, comprising: a housing main body having an opening; and a panel main body and an edge of the panel main body which open and close the opening of the housing main body. A door having a bent reinforcing structure provided thereon, and a pivot fitting which is attached to the housing main body so as to be openable and closable, wherein the pivot fitting is provided on a main body side provided in the casing main body. A metal fitting, a door-side metal fitting provided on the door and supporting the door in cooperation with the body-side metal fitting, and extending between the main-body-side metal fitting and the door-side metal fitting so that these members can be pivoted with respect to each other. The door-side metal fitting is fixed to the panel main body and the reinforcing structure with an adhesive, and at least one of the door-side metal fittings is fixed to the panel main body and the reinforcing structure by joining means using an adhesive together with a fastener. .

In the electronic device housing according to the second aspect,
The reinforcing structure includes a rising portion substantially perpendicular to the panel body, and an inward bent portion bent inward from the rising portion in parallel along the panel body.

Further, in the electronic equipment housing according to the third aspect,
A projection is formed on the door-side fitting, and a cutout for locking the projection and positioning the door-side fitting is formed on an end face of the inwardly bent portion.

In the electronic device housing according to the fourth aspect,
A corner on the reinforcing structure side of the door-side fitting is chamfered such that the door-side fitting is rotatable toward the reinforcing structure with the protrusion as a fulcrum.

In the electronic device housing according to the fifth aspect,
The door side metal fitting is a first metal body fixed to the panel body by an adhesive.
A first supporting portion and a second supporting portion which are provided at both ends of the first bonding portion to extend vertically from the panel main body and support the inwardly bent portion, respectively; And a second adhesive portion which is bent from the support portion in parallel along the panel body and is fixed to the reinforcing structure by a joining means.

In the electronic device housing according to the sixth aspect,
The height of the second support portion decreases toward the reinforcing structure.

In the electronic device housing according to claim 7,
The fastener is a rivet.

[0027]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiment 1 FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a control panel housing according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. As a whole, it is a rectangular parallelepiped housing in which a substantially rectangular panel manufactured by bending a metal plate is processed, and is supported by the pedestal 1 formed of an angle material or the like. A bottom plate 2 which is a rectangular bottom plate panel, a side plate 3 which is two parallel side plate panels extending upward from the bottom plate 2, a top plate 4, and a back door which is a back door panel connected to the bottom plate 2 and the side plate 3. 5 and a door 40 that is a door panel that closes the front opening 6 so that the front opening 6 can be opened and closed. Inside the housing, a side plate 3
A fixing bracket 8 having a substantially C-shaped cross section, generally called a pre-chan, is attached to the inner surface of the inner surface of the inner side by rivet combined adhesive bonding in the horizontal direction. A vertical unit mounting bracket 9 is mounted on the fixing bracket 8 by mounting screws (not shown). An electronic device unit 10 on which various electronic devices such as a circuit board are mounted is inserted into the unit mounting bracket 9 from the front opening 6 of the housing and screwed with screws 11. The door 40 is movably attached to the side plate 3 by a hinge 41 which is a hinge, and the front opening 6 is openable and closable.

The control panel housing has a front opening 6 of a housing body composed of a bottom plate 2, a side plate 3, a rear door 5 and a top plate 4.
A pivot fitting 41 is provided at the edge of the side plate 3 of the housing body on the side of the front opening 6 so that can be opened and closed by the front door 40. Then, the door 40 on the entire surface is pivotally attached to the housing body by the pivot fitting 41.

In such a cabinet for a control panel, each panel can be constituted by one flat plate member.
For adhesive bonding and rigidity, it is desirable that the sheet metal bend at least at one side and be reinforced by bending sheet metal processing.

The bottom plate 2, side plate 3, top plate 4, rear door 5 and door 40 of the control panel housing are panels each having a reinforcing structure on at least one side thereof. As shown in FIG. 2, the side plate 3 which forms the front opening 6 of the housing body of the control panel housing is provided along the side of the panel body by bending a metal plate by bending sheet metal processing. A reinforcing structure 13 is provided to increase the rigidity of the device. The reinforcing structure 13 includes a rising portion 14 that is bent at right angles along the sides of the panel body.
And an inward bent portion 15 bent inward from the rising portion 14 in parallel along the panel body.

The door 40 for closing the front opening 6 of the casing body of the control panel casing has rigidity provided along the side of the panel body 47 by bending sheet metal processing as shown in FIG. Is provided. The reinforcing structure 42 includes a rising portion 43 bent at a right angle along the side of the panel main body, and an inward bent portion 44 bent inward from the rising portion 43 in parallel along the panel main body.

A body-side fitting 19 is fixed to the inwardly bent portion 15 of the reinforcing structure 13 of the side plate 3 of the housing body by adhesive bonding. A door-side fitting 45 is fixed to the inside of the reinforcing structure 42 of the door 40 by adhesive bonding. Body side bracket 19
The pivot pin 21 penetrates through the door-side fitting 45.

The pivot fitting 41 includes a body-side fitting 19 provided on the side plate 3 of the housing body, a door-side fitting 45 provided on the door 40 and supporting the door 40 in cooperation with the body-side fitting 19. , A pivot pin 21 extending between the main-body-side fitting 19 and the door-side fitting 45 and supporting the fittings 19 and 45 so as to be able to pivot with respect to each other.

The body-side metal fitting 19 of the pivot metal fitting 41 includes a tubular member 23 having a through hole 22 and a relatively thick plate member 24 fixed to a side surface of the tubular member 23 at an end face by welding or the like. The substantially L-shaped plate member 24 includes a first leg 25 and a second leg 26. The second leg 26 of the plate member 24 has a rivet which is a fastener such as a monobolt (a rivet which can be swaged only from one side of the member to be fastened) on the inwardly bent portion 15 of the side plate 3. A hole 28 for passing the hole 27 is formed. Further, in the main body side bracket 19, an adhesive 29 is applied to the surface of the second leg 26 facing the inward bent portion 15 of the reinforcing structure 13,
The second leg 26 is adhered to the inwardly bent portion 15 via the adhesive 29 and is firmly fixed by the rivet 27.

The door-side fitting 45 of the pivot fitting 41 is a substantially rectangular parallelepiped block-shaped member having a through hole 46 through which the pivot pin 21 passes. The door side bracket 45 includes a first bonding portion 48 bonded to the panel main body 47 by an adhesive, a rising portion 49 bent substantially at a right angle from the first bonding portion 48,
A second bonding portion 50 bent from the rising portion 49 to the reinforcing structure 42 side in parallel along the panel main body 47, and bent at substantially right angles from both ends of the rectangular second bonding portion 50, respectively. A first support portion 51 and a second support portion 52 each having an end surface in contact with the surface of the panel main body 47 and a through hole 46 formed in the center are provided.

On both sides of the rising portion 49 of the door-side metal fitting 45, the cut-out portion 54 formed on the end face of the inwardly bent portion 44 of the reinforcing structure 42 abuts, and the door-side metal fitting 45 is positioned with respect to the door 40. A projection 53 is formed. This position is a height position where the door side fitting 45 rides on the main body side fitting 19 when the door 40 is assembled to the housing main body. A rivet hole 55 is formed in the center of the second bonding portion 50. Reinforcing structure 42 of first support 51 and second support 52
The side corners are chamfered 56.

The pivot pin 21 of the pivot fitting 41 is inserted into the through-hole 46 of the door-side fitting 45 and the through-hole 22 of the main body-side fitting 19 aligned with each other to pivotally attach the fittings 45 and 19 to each other. A pin that allows the door 40 to rotate with respect to the housing body to open and close the front opening 6 of the electronic device housing.

In the control panel casing according to the first embodiment, first, the panels are assembled by adhesive bonding to produce a casing main body and a door, and the inwardly bent portion 1 of the side plate 3 of the casing main body is manufactured.
Drill holes in 5 for rivets. Then, the main body side bracket 19
An adhesive is applied to the joint surface of the second leg 26 to bond the plate member 24 to a predetermined position of the inwardly bent portion 15 of the side plate 3,
Further, the main body-side fitting 19 and the inwardly bent portion 15 are fastened by a rivet 27 which is a mechanical fastener. In this manner, the main body-side metal fitting 19 is fixed to the housing main body by the joining means using the fastener.

The rivet 27 used in this example is of a type such as a monobolt, which can be swaged only from one side of the member to be fastened and held together, and has an enlarged tip and a cut in the middle. A rivet body having a hollow head portion is fitted to the mandrel. The rivet body is inserted into a rivet hole by being attached to a rivet gun, and the mandrel is pulled and fastened with a strong force. When the mandrel is pulled by the rivet gun, the tip of the rivet body is plastically deformed and expanded by the enlarged tip of the mandrel, and the member to be fastened is firmly fastened between the rivet head and the extension. Pulling the mandrel further breaks the mandrel at the cut,
Removed from the rivet body. Since the fastening with the rivets 27 is used in combination with the adhesive, there is no need to hold the adhesive with a clamp or the like until the adhesive is cured, and the next operation can be performed without waiting for the adhesive 29 to be cured.

The door side fitting 45 is also fixed to the reinforcing structure 42 of the door 40 in the following procedure by a joining means using a fastener. First, as shown in FIG. 4, the protrusion 53 of the door-side metal fitting 45 in which the adhesive 58 is applied to the back surface of the first bonding portion 50 and the surface of the second bonding portion 50 is brought into contact with the notch portion 54.
At the time of this contacting operation, the first adhesive portion 48 is moved so as to be lifted from the panel main body 47 so that the adhesive 48 is not removed during the movement. Thereafter, the protrusion 5
The door side bracket 45 is rotated counterclockwise around
Is brought into surface contact with the inner surface of the inward bent portion 44 of the reinforcing structure 42, and the first adhesive portion 48 is attached to the panel body 47.
Surface contact. Since the corners of the first support 51 and the second support 52 on the side of the reinforcing structure 42 are chamfered, the door-side bracket 45 can rotate smoothly. At the end of this turning operation, the inwardly bent portion 44
The rivet hole 57 of the second bonding portion 50 is
And overlap. Next, using a tool, the rivet hole 55,
A rivet 59 such as a monobolt is inserted into 57, and caulked by plastic deformation to fasten the door side fitting 45 and the inwardly bent portion 44 of the reinforcing structure 42 (see FIG. 5). Note that rivets 5
9 cannot be seen from the outside, and is also excellent in design.

As described above, after the main body side metal part 19 and the door side metal part 45 are fixed to the side plate 3 and the door 40 of the housing main body by the joining means including the adhesive 58 and having the fasteners such as the rivets 27 and 59, respectively. By aligning the through-hole 22 of the main-body-side metal fitting 19 and the through-hole 46 of the door-side metal fitting 45 and inserting the pivot pin 21 to pivotally mount these metal fittings together, the door 40 is attached to the housing body so as to be openable and closable. be able to.

Embodiment 2 FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a main part of a control panel housing according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. A door-side metal fitting 60 of a pivot metal fitting has a first bonding portion 61 fixed to a panel main body 47 with an adhesive. A first support portion 62 and a second support portion 62 are provided at both ends of the first adhesive portion 61 to extend vertically from the panel body 47 and support the inwardly bent portion 44.
Of the panel body 47 from the first support portion 63 and the first support portion 62.
And a second adhesive portion 64 that is bent in parallel along and is fixed to the reinforcing structure 42 by a joining means.

The first support portion 62 and the second support portion 63
Is formed with a through hole 65 through which the pivot pin 21 passes. Further, the first support portion 62 and the second support portion 63 are formed with a protrusion 66 locked with the notch 54. The height of the second support portion 63 decreases toward the reinforcing structure 42 side.

The door-side fitting 60 having the above-described structure is fixed to the reinforcing structure 42 of the door 40 in the following procedure by a joining means using a fastener. First, an adhesive 58 is applied to one surface of the first bonding portion 61 and one surface of the second bonding portion 64. next,
As shown in FIG. 7, the first support 6
The door-side metal fitting 60 is moved to the reinforcing structure 42 in a state where the corner portion on the second side is in contact with the panel main body 47 to prevent the adhesive 58 applied to the first adhesive portion 61 from being removed during the movement. doing. At this time, the second support portion 63 is in a state of being raised from the panel body 47, but since the height of the second support portion 63 decreases toward the reinforcing structure 42 side, the protrusion 66 is notched. It can be smoothly moved to a position where it contacts the part 54. When the door-side metal fitting 60 is moved to the contact position, the first bonding portion 61 and the panel body 47 are in surface contact with each other via the adhesive 58, and the second bonding portion 64 and the reinforcing structure 42 are in contact with each other. The inwardly bent portion 44 is in surface contact with an adhesive 58. At this time, the rivet hole 57 of the inwardly bent portion 44 overlaps the rivet hole 67 of the second bonding portion 64. Next, a rivet 5 such as a monobolt is inserted into the rivet holes 55 and 67 using a tool.
9 is inserted and caulked by plastic deformation to fasten the door-side bracket 60 and the inwardly bent portion 44 of the reinforcing structure 42 (see FIG. 8).

In the first and second embodiments, the joining means using the adhesive 58 and the rivets 59 only for the second adhesive portions 50 and 64 is used, but the design is inferior. For the first bonding portions 48 and 61, bonding means using both an adhesive and a rivet may be used. In addition, the present invention can of course be applied to a housing for an electronic device, for example, a housing for a switchboard.

[0046]

As described above, according to the electronic equipment housing of the first aspect of the present invention, the housing main body having the opening, the opening and closing of the opening of the housing main body, and the panel main body and the panel main body A door having a bent reinforcing structure provided at an edge of the housing body, and a pivot fitting which is attached to the housing body so as to be openable and closable, wherein the pivot fitting is provided on the casing body. A main body side metal fitting, a door side metal fitting provided on the door, supporting the door in cooperation with the main body side metal fitting, and extending between the main body side metal fitting and the door side metal fitting. A pivot pin supported pivotally, wherein the door-side fitting is fixed to the panel body and the reinforcing structure with an adhesive, and at least one of the door-side fittings is fixed to the panel body and the reinforcing structure by joining means using an adhesive together with a fastener. The door-side bracket is The main body and the reinforcement structure support the so-called double-sided support, preventing the load of the door from concentrating on a part. Even when the thickness of the door is thin, the door around the door-side bracket is deformed. It becomes difficult to do. In addition, when the joining means is applied to the portion of the reinforcing structure, the fastener cannot be seen from the outside, and the design is excellent.

Further, according to the electronic apparatus housing of the second aspect, the reinforcing structure is a rising portion substantially perpendicular to the panel main body, and is bent inward from the rising portion in parallel along the panel main body. Since it is composed of the inwardly bent portion, the rigidity of the door can be increased.

According to the electronic device housing of the third aspect, the projection is formed on the door-side metal fitting, and the projection is locked on the end face of the inwardly bent portion to position the door-side metal fitting. Since the notch is formed, the door-side metal fitting can be securely attached to a predetermined position, and assembling workability is improved.

Further, according to the electronic apparatus housing of the fourth aspect, the corner on the reinforcing structure side of the door side fitting is chamfered such that the door side fitting is rotatable toward the reinforcing structure side with the projection as a fulcrum. Therefore, when the door-side metal fitting is fixed to the reinforcing structure, the adhesive of the door-side metal fitting is not removed.

According to the electronic equipment housing of the fifth aspect, the door-side metal fitting includes a first adhesive portion fixed to the panel main body by an adhesive, and a panel at both ends of the first adhesive portion. A first support portion and a second support portion which are provided to extend vertically from the main body and support the inwardly bent portion; and wherein the first support portion is bent in parallel along the panel main body from the first support portion. Since it is composed of the reinforcing structure and the second adhesive portion fixed by the joining means, the door-side fitting can be easily manufactured by a simple sheet metal bending process.

According to the electronic device housing of the sixth aspect, since the height of the second support portion decreases toward the reinforcing structure side, the corner of the door-side metal fitting on the first support portion side. By moving the door-side metal fitting to the reinforcing structure while the part is in contact with the panel main body, the adhesive of the door-side metal fitting is not removed when the door-side metal fitting is fixed to the reinforcing structure. .

According to the electronic device housing of the present invention, since the fastener is a rivet, the fastening operation is simple and easy, does not require skill, and does not wait for the adhesive to harden. You can move on to the next task.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall perspective view of a control panel housing according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a main body side fitting of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a door-side fitting of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a view showing the door-side fitting of FIG. 1 in the process of being fixed to a reinforcing structure.

FIG. 5 is a view when the door-side fitting of FIG. 1 is fixed to a reinforcing structure.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a door-side bracket of a control panel housing according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a view showing the way in which the door-side metal fitting of FIG. 6 is fixed to the reinforcing structure.

FIG. 8 is a diagram when the door-side metal fitting of FIG. 6 is fixed to a reinforcing structure.

FIG. 9 is an overall perspective view of a conventional control panel housing.

FIG. 10 is an exploded perspective view showing a main body side fitting and a door side fitting of FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is a plan sectional view of a main part of FIG. 9;

FIG. 12 is an overall perspective view of the main body side fitting of FIG. 9;

FIG. 13 is a sectional view of a main part of FIG. 9;

[Explanation of symbols]

40 door, 41 pivot fitting, 42 reinforcing structure, 43 rising part, 44 inward bent part, 47 panel body,
45, 60 Door side metal fittings, 48, 61 First adhesive part, 5
0,64 second adhesive portion, 51,62 first support portion,
52, 63 second support, 53, 66 protrusion, 54
Notch, 55 rivet hole, 56 chamfer, 58 adhesive, 59 rivet.

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Satoshi Midorikawa 4-4 Maruo-cho, Nagasaki-shi, Nagasaki Nagasaki Ryoden Technical Service Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Yoshinobu Nakajima 2-6-Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo No. 2 Mitsubishi Electric Engineering Co., Ltd.

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A metal electronic device housing having an electronic device unit mounted therein, the housing main body having an opening;
A door that opens and closes the opening of the housing body and has a panel body and a bent reinforcing structure provided at an edge of the panel body, and a pivotal fitting that opens and closes the door to the housing body. Wherein the pivot fitting is a body-side fitting provided on the housing body, a door-side fitting provided on the door and supporting the door in cooperation with the body-side fitting, and the main body. A pivot pin extending between the side fitting and the door-side fitting and pivotally supporting these members with each other, wherein the door-side fitting is fixed to the panel body and the reinforcing structure by an adhesive, and at least One is an electronic device housing fixed by joining means using an adhesive together with a fastener. 2. The reinforcing structure comprises a rising portion substantially perpendicular to the panel main body, and an inward bent portion bent inward from the rising portion in parallel along the panel main body. 2. The electronic device housing according to 1. 3. The door-side fitting according to claim 2, wherein a projection is formed on the door-side fitting, and a cutout for locking the projection and positioning the door-side fitting is formed on an end face of the inwardly bent part. Electronic equipment housing. 4. The electronic apparatus housing according to claim 3, wherein a corner of the door-side metal fitting on the reinforcing structure side is chamfered so that the door-side metal fitting is rotatable toward the reinforcing structure with the projection as a fulcrum. 5. The door-side fitting is provided with a first bonding portion fixed to the panel main body by an adhesive, and both ends of the first bonding portion are provided to extend vertically from the panel main body, and are bent inward. A first support portion and a second support portion supporting the portion;
4. The second bonding part according to claim 2, further comprising a second bonding part that is bent in parallel from the first support part along the panel main body and that is fixed to a reinforcing structure by bonding means. 5. Electronic equipment housing. 6. The electronic device housing according to claim 5, wherein the height of the second support portion decreases toward the reinforcing structure. 7. The electronic device casing according to claim 1, wherein the fastener is a rivet.